Textile eyelet for corsets



(No Model.)

B. 'K. WARREN.

TEXTILE EYELBT FOR GORSETS, 850.

Patented Oct. 11,1887.

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UNITED STATES EDlVARD K. VARREN, OF THREE OAKS, MICHIGAN.

TEXTILE EYELET FOR CORSETS, &.C.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,394, dated October11, 1887.

Serial No. 226,707. (X0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD K. WARREN, of Three Oaks, in the county ofBerrien and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Textile Eyelets for Corsets, lVaists, and other LikeArticles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the lacing-eyelets of corsets and other lacingarticles or garments; and it consists in a novel construction of theeyelets of tape or other textile or fibrous material, doubled or bent toform eyes for the passage of thelacing cord or string through them, andin the means of supporting and securing said eyelets to the garment,substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Prior to describing my invention I would here observe that the eyeletsordinarily in use for the above-named purposes have either all been madeof metal or have rested upon a metal base, including eyelets formed ofamanylooped cord passed through apertures in a marginal metalstiffening-strip. These have all been open to the same objectionsnamely,that they or their supports are liable to corrode when the garment isdampened by perspiration or laundering. To obviate this I dispense withmetal in the construction of the eyelets or their supports, and,furthermore, avoid all weakening of the supports by perforating them toinsert the metal eyelets, and I produce a firm substantial textileeyelet securely attached to the garment.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lrepresents a view in perspective of a corset, partly brokenaway, with my in vention applied; Fig. 2, a rear view, broken away, upona larger scalc,of the back or lacing sections of the corset in part,withthe improved eyelets attached and secured to their places and with thelace in engagement with orpassing through the eyelets; and Fig. 3 is asection upon the line so :0 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents ablankor stripof tape from which the eyelet is formed. Fig. 5 shows the eyelet itself.

A A are eyelets, made of tape and arranged so as to form loops or eyesI), which project over the edge or beyond the surfaces of thegarment-sections B B to be laced, so as to receive the lace orstringOthroughthcm. These eyelets are usually made from short pieces of tape,Fig. 4, which are doubled into theshape shown in Fig. 5, forming twofiat straight pieces, 0 c and a straight eye, I), partly covered by thecone-shaped fold, which is produced by the doubling ofthe strip. Thisfold is necessarily of the width of the material,and the eye I) extendsto the point or apex.

It will readily be seen that while the eye itself is simply a narrowslit the fold forms a wide mouth,which receives the lacing cord or tapeand guides it naturally to the eye. This greatly facilitates the lacingof the corset. The end portions, 0 0, arranged as described, are laidflat upon the cloth or other material designed to receive the eyelet,and are sup ported by a marginal stiffener, D, in the garment-sectionthey are applied to. This supporter or stiffener I usually make of whatis known as featherbone, but any other material which will admit ofbeing stitched th rough and through and has suflicientstrength andelasticity to support the section will answer. The eyclets A A areplaced upon the garment-section on or across the base or support D whenin place, and fastened to said snpportingstrip D by stitching them andthe strip through and through, as at d; or they may be secured in anyother suitable manner which will keep them in proper position with theiroblique eyes or loops 1) extending beyond the edge of the section, afterwhich another piece or pieces of cloth or other material, 0, may be putover the straightend portions, 0 c, of the eyelets, and the wholestitched through and through, as at f, or the whole be otherwise united,to secure theparts in place on the section.

It is not absolutely necessary that each eyelet A should beindependently made, as by usinga longer piece of tape or fibrousmaterial of which they are composed the same might be laid and bentatdifferent points in itslength to form two or more eyelets, as shown atthe lower part ofthe left-hand section, B,in which 1 indicates thecontinuous portion of the tape between the eyelets, and this might beeX- tended,if desired, to form eyelets for the whole section.Furthermore, the center of the eyelets or loop or eye portions 1) may beof narrow or round cord form, if desired, by suitably weaving the tapeor whipping said loop portion with thread, as shown for the lower eyeletof the right hand section, B, of thegarment.

Any suitable fibrous material may be used to form the tape or tape-likeeyelets.

Having thus fully described my invention, wha'tI claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

